Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Sat, 25 Nov 2017 09:11:58 -1000 | Subject | Re: [patch V4 01/11] Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses |
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On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > > That does not sound like he was deciding between /* */ and //. And > actually this was in context of files with no existing license. You > made the ugly patches. Stop hiding behind Linus.
No, Linus happily stands up for //.
I really don't like one-liner /* */ comments. Let's face it, // was the _one_ thing C++ got right, among all the horrible bad decisions.
I think we should just start moving to // in general, but only when adding new ones (ie I don't want to see any automatic conversion patches).
And it's _particularly_ true for the whole case where we mix one-liners like the SPDX line with block comments. That's where /* */ really sucks.
Linus
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